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Mother of TVShack's O'Dwyer slams MPAA spin tactics

Attempts to turn public support "vindictive", claims Julia O'Dwyer

The mother of Richard O'Dwyer, the student at the centre of the TVShack extradition case, has accused the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) of being "vindictive" and unfair in its pursuit of her son.

"It's rather worrying that the MPAA is behaving in this unnecessarily vindictive way, trying to portray Richard as someone he is not in order to further their own interests," she told V3's sister site The Inquirer.

"Richard has fully co-operated with the police at all times and has never told a lie - lying is something he just won't do. In contrast the MPAA peddles misinformation about the details of the alleged conduct."

She added that while O'Dwyer is accused of ignoring takedown requests, posting up content as opposed to the links that were on TV Shack, and not co-operating with the authorities, the opposite is true.

"Making personal and derogatory remarks about Richard and about such a highly regarded person as Jimmy Wales is both unprofessional and ridiculous and does not portray the MPAA in a very good light," she added.

"The public support including support from people in the film and music industry as well as the academic institutions and tech community is being greatly underestimated.

"Snatching students from their university bedrooms is certainly not going to endear the MPAA or the US [Department of Justice] to parents with student offspring who use the internet or the academic establishments."